Hat hanger



Feb. 16 1926.

C. TAIT HAT HANGER Filed Dec. 6, 1923 IN VEIVI'OR CHARLES T' 11' Y 4 /%4RNEYS Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

L MITED STATES FATENT DFFMZE.

HAT IIANGER.

Application filed. December 6, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES TAl'r, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a residentof the city of Vancouver, in the Province ofBritish Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hat Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement in hat hangers and enclosures forsame, the objects of the invention being first to provide a convenientmeans whereon a hat may be supported by its crown, second to provide ahanger which may be suspended from nail or hook, third to provide ahanger which may be suspended from another of its kind to the end that ahat hanger may be formed upon which a plurality of hats may be placedone above the other, that the clothes closet area usually required forone hat may accommodate many, fourth to provide means whereby all of thehats so carried may be enclosed with a pair of light curtains whichautomatically close around the hats when one has been added to or takenfrom the hanger.

The invention consists essentially of a vertical suspensible memberhaving a loop at one end and a hook at the opposite end and anoutstanding bracket for carrying a hat, as will be more fully describedin the following specification in which Fig. '1 is a general view of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing the curtain enclosure support.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

A The numeral 1 indicates a coat rail such as is usually nailed to aclothes closet wall for receiving hat and coat hooks. 2 is a coat hookand 3 indicates generally my hat hanger which is preferably formed froma single piece of stout wire which is bent upon itself and twistedtogether to form an elongated loop 4 by whichthe hanger is suspended,one leg of the wire extending horizontally outwards at right angles tothe plane of the loop and vertically upwards to form a bracket 5, theextremity of the bracket being bent into a horizontal ring 6 on which ahat, shown in light lines, is supported. The leg 8 of the wire iscarried vertically downward for an appreciable distance and is then bentback iipon itself to form a book 9 from whence it is again car SerialNo. 678,951.

ried downwards and inclined rearwardly as at 10, the wire is then bentto form a pair of loops 11 extending on opposite sides of the verticalmember, the loops being curved adjacent their outer ends to bear uponthe wall on which the coat rail 1 is nailed, the wire 8 is then carriedvertically downwards again and bent to form a horizontally disposed hook112 which is open to the rear. The distance from the hook 9 to the hook12 is son'iewhat greater than the length of the loop 4 so that the upperpart of the leg 8 of one hanger is slipped under the hook 1.2 of anotherhanger and the loop of the second caught over and pulled down upon thehook 9 of the first hanger when the two are tightly locked together toform a rigid hanger having two hat supports.

The numeral 13 indicates a piece of sheet metal, somewhat wider than theaperture of the loop 4, which isbent at right angles at its upper andlower ends to form brackets 1 and 15, the bracket 14 is reduced in widthso as to pass freely through the loop 4;, the bracket 15 is slottedadjacent the rear as at 16 to engage the sides of the loop, each bracketis provided with a pair of apertures 17 for the purpose of journalling apair of curtain supports 18, the apertures in the brackets let beingdrilled slightly further forward of the loop 1 than those in the bracket15 so that the curtain supports 18 will be forwardly inclined, thepurpose of which will hereinafter appear.

The curtain supports formed with a single piece of wire are generallyindicated by the numeral 18 and are each formed with a substantiallyvertical shaft 19 having a small offset 20 which is adapted to rest uponthe top bracket 14; to form a stop. 21 is an eye at the upper end of thevertical shaft 19. 22 is a semi-circular bow terminating at its outerextremity in a further eye 23, a cord 24 is stretched between the eyes21 and 23 to which a muslin or other light fabric curtain 25 would befastened and hung over the bow 22 to form a half enclosure to the hatrack. By pivotally mounting the shaft 19 in a forwardly inclinedposition the curtains 25 after being opened, swing by gravity to aclosed position thus rendering the closing of the curtains automatic.

Ilt will thus be seen that I have invented a hat hanger which can beextended to sup port a number of hats by clipping diiferent unitstogetl-ier, which is provided with a suitable enclosure for keeping thehats supported free from dust and which can be speedily dismantled andpacked in a trunk or suitcase if desired.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a device of the character described the combination of a pluralityof article supports detachably linked together to form a chain, abracket member permanently carried by the upper end member of the chainand adapted to be fastened to a wall or other support, curtain means forenclosing said chain and the articles supported thereby, and meanssupporting the curtain means from the said bracket.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a plurality oiarticle supporting members detachably linked together to form a chainadapted to be suspended from a commonsupport, each of said memberscomprising a shank having a suspension loop at its upper end and a hookintermediate its length adapted to engage in and sustain the suspensionloop of a lower duplicate member and a main supporting bracket adaptedto be attached to a wall or other structure and presenting upper andlower brackets projecting through the suspension loop of the upperterminal member of the chain and a curtain support including standardsextending through openings formed in the projecting portions of thebracket and provided with supporting offsets resting on the upperbracket.

3. The combination of a b 'acket presenting upper'and lower parallelplate portions projectinglaterally from the base of the bracket, saidlower plate portion being of greater width than the upper plate portionand provided with notches formed in opposite edges thereof adjacent tothe base of the bracket and an article supporting member including asuspension loop receiving said plate portions therethrough and havingits side members engaged in the notches of the lower plate portions.

4-. A curtain support for use in connection with the structure of claim3 comprising a pair of standards adapted to extend downwardly throughopenings formed in said plate portions and provided at an intermediatepoint with shoulders adapted to rest upon the upper plate portion forsupporting the standards thereon and means at the upper ends of. saidstandards for supporting a curtain adapted to enclose the articlescarried by the article supporting members suspended from said bracket.

5. An article support consisting of a plurality of duplicate articlesupporting members detachably linked together to form a chain adapted tobe suspended froma common support, each of said members being formedfrom a single length of wire fabricated to provide a shank, a suspensionloop at the upper end of the shank, an arm projecting laterally from theshank at the lower terminal of the suspension loop, a hook below saidarm adapted to serve as a support for the suspension loop of a duplicatememher, a pair of laterally extending loops below said hooks extendingin a plane at right angles to the plane of said arm, and an eye at thelower end of the shank adapted to embrace the shank of the duplicatemember at a point between the suspension loop and the hook of the lattermember.

Dated at Vancouver, B. 0., this 27th day of November, 1923.

CHARLES TAIT.

